Tag: Fish
Govt creates special fund for fisheries & aquaculture
The proposed Fisheries and Aquaculture Infrastructure Development Fund (FIDF) will augment fish production to achieve its target of 15 million ton by 2020 set under the blue revolution...………….
Assam witnesses decent increase in fish & milk production
The leading North Eastern state has has produced 634 thousand tons of fish in the year 2016-2018. The production of milk in the state also increased by 3.6 percent in 2016-2018 compared to previous two years...…………….
High level meeting on ‘mariculture in India’ held at Rameswaram in...
Union Agriculture Minister, Radha Mohan Singh chaired the inter-session meeting of consultative committee on “Marine Fisheries-Mariculture in India” at Rameswaram in Tamil Nadu...............
Blue revolution: DBT’s mega project on aquaculture & marine biotech
The Department of Biotechnology has announced the launch of national network project on molecular screening, cell culture-based isolation and characterization of finfish and shellfish viruses and establishment of a national repository..............
Fisheries business in India grew by 27% in last 4 years,...
The budget provision of Rs 7,522.48 crore for establishing Fisheries and Aquaculture Infrastructure Development Fund has potential to benefit 40 lakh fishermen, especially women, self-help groups, weaker sections..............
Rapid detection kits for adulterants in fresh fish launched
Developed by Kochi based Central Institute of Fisheries Technology, the rapid detection kits help in protecting the consumers’ health from the chemical used for fish preservation...............
ICAR-CIFT develops rapid detection kits to check adulterations in fresh fish
The Central Institute of Fisheries Technology has developed a low-cost, users’ friendly Paper Strip methods for rapid detection of formaldehyde and ammonia in fishes.......
Overall fish production grows by 19% during 2014-17
India witnessed an increase in fish production from being just 0.75 million tonne in 1950-51 to 11.41 million tonnes in 2016-17..............
India becomes second largest fish producing country in the world
Combining the production of all types of fisheries (capture and culture), the total fish production in the country reaches at about 11.41 million tonnes in 2016-17............
Mission fingerling to achieve blue revolution, says govt
The fish fingerling production by the government of India is the single most important critical input visualised to achieve fish production targets under the blue revolution...........